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Chandler 1.0 is a Serious, but Rough, To-Do Manager

9:00PM Kevin Purdy | Chandler, an open-source, cross-platform scheduling app, was conceived back in 2002 as a potential Outlook-killer—a free organiser that would process all your email, calendar appointments and tasks into one smooth workflow, no matter what format or system they were on. Over its long and storied development, intriguingly chronicled in the book Dreaming in Code, Chandler morphed into a meekly-dubbed “Note-to-Self Organiser.” There’s a lot of neat ideas in Chandler, implemented in rough ways, and if you’re a serious to-do hound, it just might find a place somewhere in your work flow. To find out, let’s check out some screenshots of this long-awaited Personal Information Manager. More »

Chandler 1.0 Brings Alternative Information Manager Closer to Reality

11:00PM Kevin Purdy | We first took a look at Chandler, the open-source, cross-platform personal information manager back in December, when it was still in somewhat rough shape. Now the email-centric task manager and organiser has hit its official 1.0 release, and it’s looking a lot better, if still not intuitive when you first open it. The app can connect to, synchronise, and manage a lot of different data types—email, calendars, notes, and appointments—and puts it all in a very GTD-like list in the “Dashboard.” Chandler said it had synced up to my Gmail account through IMAP, but I’m still waiting to see the folders it’s supposed to create in there. There are lots and lots of menus and sub-menus to dig through, so for the time being, we’ll just say it’s worth checking out and exploring. Chandler is a free download for Windows, Mac (PPC and Intel), and Linux systems. Chandler Project [via ComputerWorld UK] More »